The premise of this book is pretty
awful. Ten year old Luca’s mother dies one night and because he is
terrified of being an orphan (his father left long ago), Luca keeps her death a
secret. Her decaying corpse is in her bedroom.
The story is told inside Luca’s head
and, while some of it sounds like the words of a child of ten, I felt like a
lot of it was too mature for someone that age. He gets himself to school
and back and has interactions with some of his friends, but his existence is
bleak and sad.
In addition, the story ends abruptly
without a resolution. Do we assume Luca is found out and the corpse
removed and he goes to an orphanage?
This is not made clear.
I was skeptical of the plot before I
started this book. It was kind of a creepy read, overall.
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